Guy wire guard



B. M. SMALLEY GUY WIRE GUARD Oct. 24, 1933.

Filed Aug. 13, 1931 i attached to the guywi-reandguy rods, and serve My present invention provides a new and-ima- Patented Oct. 24; 1933 1,931,513 I W E -HGUABDQ Burton Smalley, Chicago, 111., assignorto 4 oslyn Manufacturing &..Supply 00., Chicago,

111., a corporatiomof Illinois-. ApplicationLAugust 13, 1931; Serial No. 55am 8 Claims. (Cl: 189-2-31.5)

This inventionrelates to guards forguy-wires and the like? 3 It is old in the art'to provider-guards for'guy wires such'as are used to support thepoles ofan overhead electrical distribution system,:. which guards render the guy 1 wires more conspicuous and thereby prevent pedestrians fromlaccidentally running into the wiree andrinjuring themselves. Among these prior art devices; of which I am aware are all metallic: guards'whichare to protect'the guy-as well'as :to render it-more conspicuous: Other prior art" devices :consist of a wooden member grooved to receive the gu-y-;wire to which it is attached.

proved guard" of this-type; consisting preferably of a grooved non-metallic member for the upper part of the guard and "a metallic member rigidly secured to thenon-metallicportion oftthe guard I and adapted'to fit: over the'gu'y: rod=and clamp by which the guywire is 'attached to it; My improved guard" is very economical to manufacture' and install, is light in-weight'," and is-..foolproof for the reason that "it" is impossible-' for. a lineman to install it? in any; manner except: that in which itisintendedi that it should be installed. The grooved non-metallic upper portion of the guard" automatically spaces'it' with "re- 'spect to the wire sothat-the installationwhen completed is of pleasing appearance, and therefore does not detract: from the appearance of the'pole line. The guard" may be' conveniently painted with a: conspicuously colored paint, such as for'example ametalliC-p'aint, and when installed'can be seen for a considerable distancet My invention will be bestunderstood by reference to the accompanying drawing in which; a preferred embodiment of it is-shown by way? of example and' iir whicht Figure 1 is an elevational view partly in section of theguard attached to aguywire and rod;

Figure? is'a cross section of-the'guard taken along the line 22 of" Figure 1' looking in the Jdirection oi" the: arrows? Figure 3, is across sectionalview of theguard taken substantially along the line'3-.-3 of Figure l'looki'ng in the direction of the arrows;.' Figure 4 is a similar cross sectionalview-taken along the line 4'fl of Figure 1 looking" in the direction of the-arrows; and" Figure 5 is a crosssectional View taken. along the line 55of- Figure 1 looking in the direction ofthe arrows. Refflrring new to "t e d a g-in mo e de a l,

I to.- theshape of" the 1 wooden member.

the;guy; ,th at-is to be. guarded comprises si n! wired which is .-usual1y a-stranded cable, aguy rod 2 which is usually a solid metallic rod which terminates: in-- a closed eyelet 3v through which --the w e- 1 is ,.-project,ed and clamped by means of suitable am in dev c s 1 4-,-

improyed guardpre ferablyf consists, of. a

woodenm mber- Of ge a l ectan l r cross.- 13 510 1.? an co ta n a. oo unnin lon itudinally through it. The. groove .11 is. of

suflicient- -width-to;readily receive the guywire 1; andyis-of a depth greater thanits width; so

that-when theguywire. is disposed in thengroove it 1 is iembedded in the guard member. While, the member 10. .is pref;erabl;y composed. of,w ood., or

similar fibrous material, other suitable. non- Y et l ic; si stomesv 1 M be s u esired. Wood isadvantageousfor the reason that it iseconomical, and hastgreat strength per unit ost. that; is; a;z. en;; m of money Will y more strength in wood than ingmost other rhaterialsg Wood;- is also light weight, and-the totalzweight ofl the; guard istherefore lowrand itsiapplicationto he; guy wireoe n nduly burden that,.wire withweight.

Theibottom portion. 12- of the g-rooye is spacedwaway from andg located parallel to the is lapped; over andg attached to theflower end of the wooden member-lOas ind-icatedat 21. This attachmentnmay be madei-n any preferredman- Y .ner such as by;-wood screws 2 2 which may conveniently-be' brass or, iron screws. Theendpo'rtion-v ofthe metallic guard2 0 which engages the wooden member 1 is of course shaped to conform guard is made sufiiciently large so that the clamp The rep:

4 by which the strand 1 is attached to the guy rod 2 wi1l'loosely fit, within it, and themember 20-: is. sufliciently; long so that when the clamps are disposed: within it thfi guy-wires-of the? guard extend well down over theclarnps 4 .to conceal 3% whim. is; perforated with a pair of parallel them and to prevent a pedestrian. from tearing V cause the U bolts 26 to tightly clamp the guy rod,

2 in place in the slot 27. This securely binds the lower end of the guard to the guy rod, and" since this guy rod is composed of solid metal and is firmly embedded in the ground, the guard is very securely held. The guy rod 2 does not tend to twist and turn, andthereiore the guard will not tend to twist or turn.

The lowermost edge of the guard may be cut away at an angle as shown at 30 in Figure l; however, if desired, any other particular shape may be'used within the teachings of my invention.

The uppermost end of the guard member 10 contains a U bolt 32 whose parallel legs 33 are projected through suitable openings'in the member 10. The closed end of the bolt' 32'is disposed transversely of the longitudinal slot ll through the member, and adapted to encircle' the guy wire 1, and to draw it-in place in the bottom of the slot. Washers 34 are threaded over the projecting upper ends of the U bolt 32, and nuts 35 are threaded thereon to draw the bolt tightly in place to thereby bind the guy wire 1 tightly against the bottom of the groove 11. This securely binds the guard to the guy wire, and

since the bottom of the slot 11 is aligned parallel with the upper face of the member 10, the member 10 is automatically aligned with respect to the guy wire and its' application presents a sightly appearance.

The metallic member 20 can conveniently'be made of sheet iron of suitable thickness to give it the requisite strength, and I have found that fourteen gauge sheet steel is adaptable for this purpose. The steel is coated with a protective coating. preferably applied by the hot galvanizing process, to prevent it from rusting. The wooden member 10 may be painted with suitable paint to render it more conspicuous. I have found that a paint composed of metallic aluminum is very satisfactory for this purpose and that when the guard is so painted the appear- ;ance of it is made sufiiciently conspicuous to permit a pedestrian to readily see it; The bolts and nuts employed to bind the guard upon the guy wire and rod may also be composed of iron coated with a rust-proofing compound such as for example, zinc applied by a hot galvanizing process. 1 i' While I have chosen to' show my invention by illustrating a preferred embodiment of it I'have done so by way of example only 'asthere are many modifications and adaptations which can be madeby one skilledin the art 'within'the teachings of the invention. 7 Having thus complied with the statutes .and shown'and described a preferred embodiment of my invention what -I consider new and desire to have protected by Letters Patent is pointed out inthe appended claims.

What is claimed is: 1. A guard for covering a guy wire, the guy rod to which it is attached and the clamping means by which it is attached thereto, comprising a grooved wooden member fitted over the guy wire, an arcuate metallic member secured to the wooden member and fitted over the clamping means and guy rod, a U bolt projected through the wooden member and encircling the wire to attach the guard to it, and a U bolt projected through the metallic member and encircling the guy rod toattach the guard to it.

2. A guard for covering'a guy wire, the guy rod to which it is attached and the clamping means by which it is attached thereto, comprising a grooved wooden member fitted over the guy wire, an arcuate metallic member secured to the wooden member and fitted over the clamping means and guy rod, and means for securely attaching said members to the guy wire and guy rod respectively.

3. A guard for guy wires comprising an elongated grooved wooden member for receiving a guy wire, a U clamp in said member for engaging the: wire to attach the guard thereto, a metallic extension attached to one end of said member and projecting therefrom, a spacing block attached to said metallic extension near its free end, and'a clamping member extended 1'' through said metallic extension and around said block for engaging-the guy rod to which said wire is attached 'to attach the guard to it.

4. A guard for guy .wirescomprising an elongated'grooved member composed of fibrous ma terial for receiving a guy wire, means in said member for encircling the wire to attach the guard thereto, a substantially semi-circular extension on said member for receiving the'guy rod and clamp by which the wire is attached to it, and means in said extension for engaging the guy rod to attach the guard thereto. I

5. A guard for guy wires comprising an elongated wooden member of generally rectangular cross section and containing a groove extending longitudinally. of it, a metallic member attached to the wooden member and projecting from it, said projection being arcuate in section, a clamping means attached to the wooden member, and spacing and clamping means attached gated wooden member' of generally rectangular cross section and containing a groove extending longitudinally of it, a metallic member attached to. the wooden member and projecting from. it, said projection being. arcuate in section;; a U' shaped clamping means projected" through said wooden member and disposed with its closed end extending transversely through said groove, and spacing and clamping means .at-

tached to said metallic member, said means engaging the guy wire and guy rod respectively to;

attach the guard to the guy.

'7. A guard for guy wires comprising an elongated wooden member of generally rectangular cross section and containing a groove extending longitudinally of it, a metallic member attached to the wooden'member and projecting from it. said projection being arcuate in section, a U shaped clamping means projected through said wooden member and disposed withits closed end extending transversely through said groove, a grooved spacing block attached to said metallic member adjacent its free end, a U shaped clamping means'projected through said block and me tallic member and disposed with its closed end extending transversely across the groove in said block, said first means engaging the guy wire to clamp the guard to it and said latter means engaging the guy rod to clamp the guard to it.

8. A guard for guy wires and the like comprising, a non-metallic member having a longitudinal groove at its bottom for receiving a guy, a, metallic member projecting .from one end of BURTON M. SMALLEY. 

